The Assembly is comprised of delegates representing constituencies of students enrolled in the Graduate School and Penn State Law. The Assembly votes to pass resolutions, approve appointments and expenditures, and carry out other responsibilities as outlined by the constitution and bylaws. Aside from delegates representing academic colleges, five at-large Assembly delegates are drawn from the graduate and professional student body at Penn State University Park. Additionally, the GPSA has five Graduate Council Student Caucus members who also serve as Assembly delegates. Academic college and at-large Assembly members sit on committees to help better represent and support graduate and professional students.
If you are interested in being a delegate, please visit the Join Us page.
Speaker of the Assembly
The Speaker of the Assembly is responsible for confirming and distributing the Assembly agenda, monitoring all ongoing legislative efforts, meeting with the chairs of standing and ad hoc committees and subcommittees, working in conjunction with the President to appoint liaisons, and representing the properly legislated voice of the Assembly to the University. The Speaker is nominated from and elected by the delegates of the Graduate and Professional Student Association Assembly at the first meeting of the legislative term and is a non-voting member of the Executive Board.
Assembly Delegates
Agricultural Sciences (2 Positions)
Open Position
Open Position
Arts and Architecture (2 Positions)
Tasneem Tariq (tbt5252@psu.edu )
Open Position
Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications (2 Positions)
Open Position
Open Position
Earth and Mineral Sciences (3 Positions)
Priya Fernando (wsf5067@psu.edu)
Open Position
Open Position
Eberly College of Science (5 Positions)
Sadia Afroz (ska6018@psu.edu)
Chamika Ishani Goonetilleke (mig5510@psu.edu)
Nick Payne (payne.n@psu.edu)
Open Position
Open Position
Education (6 Positions)
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Engineering (9 Positions)
Cristina Rubio Apolo (csr5469@psu.edu)
Evelyn Thomas (evelynthomas@psu.edu)
Ridwanul Hasan Tanvir (rpt5409@psu.edu)
Vaishnavi Wagh (vbw5054@psu.edu)
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Health and Human Development (2 Positions)
Open Position
Open Position
Information Sciences and Technology (2 Position)
Ethan Lemin (ecl5278@psu.edu)
Sydney Vachino (snv5091@psu.edu)
Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs (7 Positions)
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Liberal Arts (6 Positions)
Shahid Khan (sak6242@psu.edu)
Joaquin Moreno (jkm6591@psu.edu)
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
College of Medicine (2 Position)
Katrina Bakhl (kpb5838@psu.edu)
Open Position
Nursing (2 Position)
Manizhe Amir Mohammadi (mja6843@psu.edu)
Open Position
School of International Affairs (2 Position)
Savannah Gibson (sdg5397@psu.edu)
Morgan Behe (meb6784@psu.edu)
Penn State Law (3 Positions)
James Gaschler (jmg6501@psu.edu)
Corey Gardner (crg5758@psu.edu)
Open Position
Smeal College of Business (5 Position)
Yogitha Harohalli Rajeswara (yjh5375@psu.edu)
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Penn State Behrend (1 Position)
Amanda Welsbacher (axw874@psu.edu)
At-Large Delegates (5 Positions)
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Open Position
Graduate Council Student Caucus Delegates (5 Positions)
Musa Mohammed (mmm8407@psu.edu)
Sumant Rokade (svr5833@psu.edu)
Caleb Okrucky (cao5536@psu.edu)
Paige Myers (plm5308@psu.edu)
Erin Johnson (evj5226@psu.edu)
Those who are interested in filling an open delegate position should visit our Join Us page.